, 1887-03-17

As TO sam Cox, his congressional wit OOZeS
out OF him, lii the words OF Mark Twain, as
the altar OF rose does ont of tie altar His
five feet seven inches are made up Of humor-
Gus nerves, and he is a bundle of the funniest
kind of perpetual motion. He ta!.r5 ia the
situation at fash, and his brain strikes fire
like flint at the iiI st stroke. He talks well has
a wonderful amount Of information on nearly
all subjects and Ee prepares himself sv-:e-
matiraHy. He has, rs he tells me, tlIr,sled
over most Of the straw of congressional Icgls-
Ia'lou. and be has bronze medallion of
Don QuiEote fighting the windH!i!ls hanging
over his study desk. Il IS at this dsl, tha; he
works at congressional matters, and doubt
not he often compares his own efforts to re
form the business Of congress to thi, battle of
Ceramics knight with the windmill.
Tie New Euyiandcrs make the best speeches
il tls house IL subject matter alone j. con
sidcred The most OF them write their
speeches and read them to the house and they
are by all odds the best readers i'll congress.
Governor Long, OF Massachusetts, who
uomizated Senator EdmunIs for the prosi-
denCy at the last Chicago convention. always
reads his speeches. He is p wonderful reader.
His articulation is perfect. Every letter
sounds IS his voice rises and falls as rhyth-
nically as though he We're reading the
Inc LTltti tlic iis Il HIS
lated froGl the Latin into English verse He
does not coniine himself TO his paper. hut
EeaIs his eyes the most OF the time upon his
audience, glancing at the page now and then
and gesturing Ey shaking his head Us he goes
along.
Tom Red is a New England man who
never writes his speeches, and he appears on
the foor in strange contrast to Long. lie is
Il giant OF a man, with great big, round
head, covered with a sparse growth Of fine
red hair q short neck and fat face which
has been comparable the bust OF Shakespeare
at Stratcord Reed is one of the t:T..rscSt
mon OF the house, and he is one Of its Iaaaie-t
speakers. He Uses 10 notes as he talks, and
he stands straight up, looking the other side
III the eye and growing red As he cuts iito the
hearts of his opponents with his bitter Sarcasm.
Reed gestures much, often one hand in his
pocket and sometimes both, and lie Uses every
part of his anatomy while speaking. H
shakes his head great deal, throws lis finger
at sam Randall, and he uttars his sentiments
in the twang Of the Maine Yankee. lie Is
the leader Of the Republicans, aul Lis tongue
IS a, sharp as a two edged sword. ! have
never seen him beaten i'll an Oratoric:!l con
test yet, and he inpreSSes you with the idea
of en- inlmeISe amount of reserve force. lie
appears to be merely shaking his opponents
by the neck, and feeling as he does 80 Is
though he could easily grind them to powder
rs wei.
Sam Randall forms strange contrast on
the floor to Reed, and neither he nor Norri-
son amount to much as speakers. Randall
usually speaks standing in front of his chair.
H. rises and places the tips of his fingers
upon his desk aud leans over rs he talks IN
slow. deliberase tones. He has one of the
most cla>siraliy cut faces in cou-,r>~. st Is
dark AMI regular, smoothly slHvtn, sd it
has q jaw which shows the determination
which has made Randall the great I-sui,. tIat
he Is He has !5ccn called the man with the
iron jaw He : certainly man with au iron
viii, and at : wonderful how he nIEi.. aims
his asceudcacy over his fellows. lie has
wonderfully lTight eye, and thi, ti,l- with
tiye as he talks. lie does not write his
speeches and he seldom makes long ones. He
Is at home upon the floor and is the picture
of conscious power Us he looks over lis fol
lowers. Morrison Is. however, just the re-
Yers-. lis forte must be in the manipulation
OF men in private conversation, for i5 Is not
i'll his powers OF oratory. Morrison On the
focr appears Is i'll ut ease as school hoy de-
EyerinS his fist oration His voice J. low,
ami even when he reads his speeches he
fidSets this way and that and makes his
hearers decideyily uncomfortable. - for me
I am at 4 loas 10 conceive wherein lis power
lies. lie has not shown himself able to get
sucl legislation is he wished through con-
grsss, and his efforts upon the floor have been
hi.ltirg and uIproJuctiye of effect
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In strange contrast with Morrison i Pig
Iron Kelley. lie Is the Oldest member of the
Lou5a of representatives, and he has spoken
Ill u.ress inr nearly generation. his first
Bpeer' vas made upon the Trent affair. away
back ;t the sixties. gad this made him famous.
Il wa, given il reply to Vallandjgha.i, was
G, .al1;t.le and Kelley was called out af the
cloaE room 10 make it. Judge Kelley las
writ - SOM speeches, and he las made quite
"a reputation rs q literary man. The most OF
l.is s,.eeches are, however, made on the spur
. the moment, and though many of them are
carefully thought out beforehand, he does but
lil-Ic talking from manuscript. He sHturates
himself with tine subject upon which lie N
tends 10 speak, reads everything lie can get
Iis 5s,iiiS upon and makes original inytst!Sa-
t-o.fr. lie takes his authorities with him 70
IT, B. -lsC, and he arranges these il the order
y Which TIE wishes TO use them Ihey
. ~ g. IN fgr lin the line Of bis discussion
p. lsa lis only notes. Like TuI Reed
ID. g. Kelley is very strong III CoirFE-r. His